Messi stars as Barca win Copa del Rey

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Barcelona scored four goals in 12 minutes - including a brilliant strike from Lionel Messi - to thrash Athletic Bilbao 4-0 and win the Copa del Rey. ...

Haaland’s father meets Barca, Real chiefs

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Erling Braut Haaland's agent Mino Raiola has met with Barcelona and Real Madrid about a move for the Borussia Dortmund striker, Spanish football exper...

Erling Haaland , FC Barcelona , Real Madrid , Transfers

Messi sets new record, stars as Barca demolish Sociedad

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Lionel Messi celebrated a record-breaking 768th appearance for Barcelona with two goals as the Spanish giants thrashed Real Sociedad 6-1 in La Liga. ...

La Liga , Lionel Messi , New record , Real Sociedad

Messi scores twice in Huesca win to match Xavi’s Barca record

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Lionel Messi scored twice and made another on the day he equalled Xavi's record for most Barcelona appearances in the 4-1 win over Huesca. Messi ...

Barcelona , Huesca , Lionel Messi , Xavi Hernandez

Agege leaves Belarusian club Isloch

By Luqman Mahmoud,

Kenyan international Mohamed Katana Nyanje alias Messi Agege has left Belarusian side Isloch FC after the expiry of his contract. Agege joined the ...

Isloch FC , Messi Agege

Laporta returns as Barca president

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Joan Laporta has been named as Barcelona president for a second time after winning the club's election. Laporta, whose central pledge was to keep...

Barcelona President , Joan Laporta , Lionel Messi , Pep Guardiola

Koeman ‘devastated’ by arrests of Barcelona officials

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Barcelona manager Ronald Koeman says he is "devastated" at the arrest of former president Josep Maria Bartomeu following an investigation into the clu...

arrests , Barcelona manager , Devastated , Financial isses , Josep Maria Bartomeu , Ronald Koeman

Man City deny Lionel Messi approach

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Manchester City are distancing themselves from links with a move for Barcelona forward Lionel Messi. The Argentina forward is out of contract in ...

Lionel Messi , manchester city , Transfers

La Liga’s most iconic goal celebrations – from Messi to Benzema

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Many of Spanish football’s top goal scorers have go-to celebrations for when they put the ball in the back of the net. Here’s a look at five of th...

Goal celebrations , La Liga

Messi sent off as Barca lose Super Cup

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Lionel Messi was shown the first red card of his Barcelona career as they lost to Athletic Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup final. Messi, in his 7...

Asier Villalibre , Athletic Bilbao , Lionel Messi , sent off , Super Cup

Review: The week that was in La Liga

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With many LaLiga Santander matches played over the past week, in addition to a round of Copa del Rey action, the clubs of Spain’s top division are b...

Antoine Griezmann , Barcelona , Copa Del Rey , Iago Aspa , LaLiga Santander , Lionel Messi , Week that was

Messi says ‘lucky’ to have worked under Guardiola

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Lionel Messi counts himself “lucky” to have worked under Pep Guardiola at Barcelona between 2008-12 and says the Spaniard brings “something spec...

FC Barcelona , Lionel Messi

Messi surpasses Pele and leads Barca to victory at Valladolid

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Barcelona turned on the style to thrash Real Valladolid 3-0 away in La Liga on Tuesday as Lionel Messi scored his 644th goal to surpass Pele as the al...

FC Barcelona , Lionel Messi , Pele

Pele congratulates Messi for equalling goal record

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Brazil soccer great Pele has paid tribute to Lionel Messi for equalling his goal-scoring record for a single club after the Argentine forward netted h...

Lionel Messi , Pele

Griezmann ends commercial relationship with Huawei

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France and Barcelona footballer Antoine Griezmann, who has been an ambassador for tech giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, has cut commercial ties with ...

Antoine Griezmann , Huawei

Never saw Messi as a rival, says Ronaldo

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They defined the ‘El Clasico’ rivalry between Real Madrid and Barcelona for the past decade but Cristiano Ronaldo said he has always got on well w...

Cristiano Ronaldo , Lionel Messi

Messi imitated Maradona’s goals and skills but not his lifestyle

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Lionel Messi is the only Argentine to truly live up to being described as the next Diego Maradona so it was little surprise the Barcelona captain shou...

diego maradona , FC Barcelona , Lionel Messi

Messi salutes Maradona as Barca trounce Osasuna

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Lionel Messi paid a personal tribute to the late Diego Maradona after scoring on Sunday as Barcelona returned to winning ways in La Liga with a resoun...

diego maradona , FC Barcelona , Lionel Messi , Osasuna

Maradona or Pele? Debate will continue to rage over who was greater

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Before Lionel Messi came along the enduring debate in football about who was the greatest player involved two men: Diego Maradona and Pele. It was an...

diego maradona , Pele

Font hopes to convince Messi to extend Barca stay

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Barcelona presidential candidate Victor Font says he hopes to convince forward Lionel Messi to stay at the Nou Camp - and wants to create the "right c...

Lionel Messi , Nou Camp , Victor Font